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Sidi Daoued

Wind power plant in Nabul, Tunisia. Approximate location 37.0419, 10.9363.

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Sidi Daoued is a 70 MW wind power plant in Nabul, Tunisia. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 60k homes (estimated). It ranks #17 of 30 Tunisia power plants by installed capacity. As a non-combustion source, it has no direct CO₂ emissions from generation. In context, wind supplies about 1.5% of Tunisia's electricity; the national grid averages 560 gCO₂/kWh (4.0% low-carbon) (2025).

70Legacy source-record capacity
59,568homes powered (est.)

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id WRI1023623.

Data status

Known data

FacilitySidi Daoued WRI
CountryTunisia · Nabul WRI
Coordinates37.0419, 10.9363 WRI
FuelWind WRI
MW installed capacity70 MW WRI source record; scope not independently normalised

Calculated from dataset

Capacity rank in country#17 of 30 calculated
Fuel-specific rank in country#2 of 2 calculated
Homes-powered equivalent59,568 calculated
Climate18.3°C · HDD 780 derived from coordinates
Environmental severityC4 · 43/100 derived from coordinates

Not available

OwnerNot available not in dataset
CommissionedNot available not in dataset
TechnologyNot available not in dataset
GWh reported / yrNot available not in dataset
CO₂ emissionsnot applicable not applicable

Known, modelled and calculated values are kept separate. Missing fields are shown as unavailable.

Data provenance

The capacity and fuel fields on this page are source-record values from the upstream open dataset. They are useful for identification and ranking, but they have not been upgraded to a 2026 registry/GEM-location verified value.

capacity: WRI Global Power Plant Database source-record (legacy); fuel: WRI source-record fuel

In context: how this plant compares

Wind turbines convert moving air into electricity; output is variable and site-dependent, and modern turbines deliver some of the lowest-cost new generation on many grids.

Capacity comparison computed from the WRI Global Power Plant Database; fuel-type context is general engineering background.

Capacity vs largest wind plants in Tunisia

Metline: 72 MW72MetlineSidi Daoued: 70 MW70Sidi Daoued

Installed capacity (MW), WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0).

Local climate & thermal context

This wind plant converts the kinetic energy of wind into electricity through turbine rotors. It sits in a hot-summer Mediterranean climate (Köppen Csa) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 37.0°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.

18.3°Cannual mean temp
780heating degree-days (base 18°C)
896cooling degree-days (base 18°C)
38 melevation

Monthly mean temperature

J: 12 °CJF: 12 °CFM: 13 °CMA: 15 °CAM: 19 °CMJ: 22 °CJJ: 25 °CJA: 26 °CAS: 24 °CSO: 21 °CON: 16 °CND: 13 °CD26 °C

Heating degree-days here run 68% below the median power plant in this dataset — a proxy for how much extra energy heated equipment must replace through its surfaces in winter.

Climate heat-demand index: 24/100 — this site sits in the bottom third of the power plants we cover by heating degree-days.

Climate normals: WorldClim 2.1 (1970–2000 monthly normals, 10 arc-min, CC BY 4.0); zone: Köppen-Geiger world climate classification (Kottek et al. 2006, 0.5° grid). Degree-days & heat-demand index computed by PowerAtlas — a modelled heat-demand proxy, not a measured site figure.

Site climate & environmental severity

For a plant’s outdoor hardware — heat-recovery steam generators (HRSG), expansion joints, valves, flanges and their insulation — the local climate sets how fast unprotected steel and coatings degrade. This site sits in a corrosive environment (estimated ISO 9223 class C4 — High), with marine corrosion the leading environmental stress.

C4ISO 9223 corrosivity (indicative)
43/100environmental-severity index
14.3°Cseasonal temperature swing
28 kmdistance to coast

Higher environmental severity is exactly where protective removable insulation pays back most: a sheltered micro-climate slows corrosion, UV and thermal-cycling damage and extends outdoor hardware service life. This is an indicative site-climate context — not a condition assessment of any specific plant or operator.

Indicative estimate via the ISO 9223:2012 informative method (atmospheric corrosivity from temperature, time-of-wetness and airborne salinity), using WorldClim climate normals, the Köppen-Geiger class and coast distance. Indicative, not a measured corrosion rate.

How it compares & nearby plants

The #2 largest wind power plant of 2 in Tunisia by capacity.

Tunisia has 2 wind power plants in this dataset, together about 142 MW of capacity.

Nearby power plants

Location

Coordinates 37.0419, 10.9363 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

Frequently asked questions

What type of power plant is Sidi Daoued?

Sidi Daoued is a 70 MW source-record wind power plant in Nabul, Tunisia.

How many homes can Sidi Daoued power?

Its output is enough to supply roughly 59,568 homes (estimated).

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